A time capsule of the greatest financial mania in the history of mankind, told in real-time by regular folks and patriots. May future generations better understand the madness of crowds, and how power and money corrupt.

Interesting how this bill was passed on Saturday morning while most brain dead Americans had some moronic sporting event on their mind. Congress is paving the way for the complete destruction of the dollar. You almost have to believe they're intentionally crashing the $$.

Just by random chance (as that's when the books came up for pickup at the library) be reading Theodore Roosevelt 's autobiography at the same time I am also reading John Bogle's "The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism."

It stuck me today as each man both republicans ~100 years apart discussed in almost identical detail how greed, corruption, and unethical practices by corporations posed a grave threat to democracy and true capitalism.

Roosevelt did what he thought was just and right, Bogle calls attention to it and tries to raise awareness to it.

With passage of these bills we are seeing what each man feared coming to fruition.

Since we are talking about Bush lying... I'll wrapup with this..

"Our first commitment is to democracy and political freedom. This is affirmed in the Democratic Charter of the Americas .. . And these governments cannot be democratic in name only. Citizens and businesses must know that the town hall -- the alcaldia -- is free from bribery, cronyism, and all forms of corruption. These old attitudes and habits are a form of theft -- stealing from people their money, and trust, and hopes for a better life. For freedom and prosperity to come, corruption must go."U.S. President George W. Bush. Speech to World Affairs CouncilsJanuary 16, 2002

Remember when it was cool to drive a Hummer or an Escalade? Now it is sign of stupidity and selfishness. It is time for the same transformation to be said about people who vote for either Democrats or Republicans.

If you are a typical liberal, meaning you believe in using goverment to fighting against poverty, for worker's rights, for corporate accountability and maintain civil liberties, I believe Ralph Nader is the best choice. (Some of you might prefer Cythia McKinney.) Nader is brilliant, honest, and is not bought off by the banks.

If you are a typical conservative, meaning you believe in limited government, low taxes, respect for private property, etc., I believe Bob Barr is probably the best choice. (Some of you might prefer Chuck Baldwin.)

People who vote for the major parties and expect those parties to respond to the needs of the citizens, even after witnessing the last 2, 10, or 30 years, qualify for the traditional definition of insane: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

If you vote for a Republican or a Democrat, the best word to describe you is "accomplice."

Let's work together to include non-corporate party candidates in the big debates. At a minimum, let's get a quality debate series online and on TV with these candidates.

In the meantime, we need to make those who vote for Democrats and Republicans feel like those who drive Hummers and Escalades.

I'm actually glad they voted on a Saturday. People are off work. Elections should be on the weekend too.

The focus needs to be on incomes and jobs. You bring it up and its hush hush no can do. Think export they say.

Speaking of h1-bs. An h1-b lives on my street. Nice guy. Problem is he put 5% down. If his job goes then its house up for sale! He seemed to suggest it would be gone in 5 months. I would not be surprised if they just skip town. So, I'm exposed to job loses and more homes sales in the neighborhood. They can only work for that one company too. What a double risk for me. Also, was real bitter about the dollar.

Bush needs to be impeached and Cheney arrested. If "high crimes & misdemeanors" doesn't apply to them, future Presidents will be able to get away with anything.

The Housing Bill will not help feckless homeowners, in fact, it will not do much for flipper/investors in the next few months.

The @4 billion set aside for city governments to buy up foreclosed/abandoned homes in cities is a pot of money waiting to be abused. Not much is going to happen with that money. Most of it will vanish into thin air, and the previously mentioned homes in distress will still sit there.

The most dangerous piece of this bill is putting the taxpayers on the hook for the solvency of Fannie & Freddie.

Since no one in their right mind would buy securitized mortgage investments now, those two agencies are the only game in town.

All HPers know our country is dead as toast. Our so called national political leadership is brain dead.

This is the last play. By overwhelmingly passing this bill, the Congress is saying our country has nothing, we believe in nothing, we have no future.

A real housing rescue bill, looking to restore sanity to our fiscal house, among many options, could have done something as simple as requiring lenders to take on risk by restricting their ability to get rid of a loan as soon as they give it to a borrower. 2 years, 5 years? That would slow way down the buying and selling of homes, and of course kill the "housing industry" (and of course most RE agents as nice collateral damage).

Forget about a 2 to 3 year housing slump. My prediction. We're not coming out of this housing dump for another 10 to 15 years. Maybe longer. Too much idiotic decision making by failed leadership that crosses all fields and levels in our country.

In Bushco's twisted reality, this might play out as an advantage: as the bubble bailout costs skyrocket into the trillions and fraud charges are brought against a bunch of the lower-level henchmen, it makes the trillion dollar fiasco in Iraq less wasteful and less criminal by comparison...

Attention all slaves, you are not free. The government has mandated that your lack of participation and exercise of freedom of choice will be met with financial punishment. Liberty, freedom, prosperity, morals, religion, justice, accountability, fairness, and the ideal of a country by and for the people are all dead. Unless you are the elite or New American Royalty, your wealth has been depleted, the welfare state is reaffirmed, and your salary has been stolen by bankers, politicians, a bail out bill and inflation. Freedom removed, The United Socialist States of America is born.

obviously failure to foresee this bailout result in many people making the foolish decision of believing that the USD has value. It doesn't. Why didnt you chumps borrow USDs you couldn't afford to pay back? Cause you were too worried about paying them back.. too worried that the USD was so hard to attain. The USD has been rapidly depreciating and will continue to do so. Any low-interest debt you may qualify for, I highly suggest you attain. Any federal reserve notes you don't need in the immediate future, convert to gold. Or food or razorblades. Anything but USD. For the love of God, stop whining and take action!

I lost my hi-tech career in 2001 and can't find a job due to outsourcing and h1-b visa, etc. Therefore I cannot buy a house, but must pay to bail-out home owners that made irresponsible decisions.-----------------------------------You must be pretty bad at what you do then... you see the people in India need direction. Let see, after the first few months of the crash I've worked for MySpace, Fandango, GE Finance, Spark Networks(JDate.com, AmericanSingles.com,) and some others with offers from Universal, Technicolor, Disney, and many many more. You are just not good dude.

This is why I tell people to live like a college student – never make enough money to pay any taxes – never – never own anything – never contribute anything to these crooks – if possible find a job in another country like Dubai - where what you earn is what you keep.

Never, pay any taxes that will be used to bail out these turds.

Make some sacrifices, re-learn how to live on a shoestring – and never, never, never, pay any taxes, not even sales tax if you can find what you need from a neighbor, garage sale, or swap meet, pay cash,cash,cash, stay way under the Radar, and laugh at the idiots.

The Governor of California acknowledges that this kind of living has nearly crippled the State budget, so keep up the good work everyone, screw ‘em all.

When the government buys stock, this is called "socialism." France, Sweden, and other European countries are socialist (this is why we don't like them). Now that you are signing the Housing Bailout bill (HR 3221), Republicans will not to like you, either (you are a Republican). Remember, socialism BAD, capitalism GOOD. Housing bill, BAD.

Also, when the government buys stock, makes shorting illegal, and generally props up naughty people on Wall Street, this is the "liquor" that keeps Wall Street "drunk." Don't give the Indians, er ... Brokers and Traders any more "liquor." They have already shown that they cannot hold their "liquor" and cause mischief for homesteaders.

How is showing up for work every day, on time, and working hard ass-kissing? No wonder HPers have a hard time finding jobs. No wonder HPers think there are no tech or manufacturing jobs left in the United States.

Still plenty of IT jobs, for people who are smart enough and apply themselves. That leaves out most 20-something HPers...